4. And if they spring forth with branches for a time, yet, being set infirmly, they will be shaken by the wind, and, by the superabundance of the winds, they will be eradicated.
5. For the incomplete branches will be broken, and their fruits will be useless, and bitter to eat, and fit for nothing.
6. For all the sons born from iniquity are witnesses of wickedness against their parents at their interrogation.
7. But the just, if death seizes him beforehand, will be refreshed.
8. For old age is made venerable, neither by lasting long, nor by counting the number of years; yet understanding is the gray hair of wisdom for men,
9. and an immaculate life is a generation of sages.
10. Pleasing to God, having been made beloved, and living among sinners, he was transformed.
11. He was quickly taken away, for malice could not alter his understanding, nor could deceit beguile his soul.
12. For fascination with entertainment obscures good things, and the unfaithfulness of desire subverts the mind without malice.
13. Completed in a short time, he fulfilled many times.
14. Truly his soul was pleasing to God. Because of this, he hastened to bring him out of the midst of iniquities, but the people see this and do not understand, nor do they place such things in their hearts:
15. that the grace and mercy of God is with his holy ones, and he watches over his elect.